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what does a chinese company want with a vineyard in napa valley? >> there's a big demand in china for luxury goods for goods that are scarce and for goods that are well made. so rather than buying chinese- made products and spending our money over there, they're buying american made products and sending their money back over here. >> reporter: on the jobs stay here? >> and the jobs stay here. >> reporter: rich chinese firms have investigated billions in the u.s. 1.3billion in california companies. a reported $560 million invested in the past year. the chinese are also boosting the golden state's housing recovery. they have bought one out of every 10 homes sold in the past year. >> compared to the high-end housing like in beijing, this is not that expensive. >> reporter: this university of southern california student has a $1 million condo at the ritz- carlton. his parents thought renting a dorm room was a waste of money. >> my parents decided to buy me a house as a investment outside china. >> reporter: jim jacobson has sold 22% of the residences a
what does a chinese company want with a vineyard in napa valley? >> there's a big demand in china for luxury goods for goods that are scarce and for goods that are well made. so rather than buying chinese- made products and spending our money over there, they're buying american made products and sending their money back over here. >> reporter: on the jobs stay here? >> and the jobs stay here. >> reporter: rich chinese firms have investigated billions in the u.s....
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seems kind of nationalistic. >> it does. >> that was the specific request from china owners. >> from napa grapes to california real estate why china is suddenly buying america. >> if you worked on christmas day, you're not alone. what you might notice at restaurants and retailers that's different from just a few years ago. >> and we have numerous showers outside right now. some of them heavy at times. when will the rain finally end? we'll let you know coming up. >> good morning. it's wednesday, december 26. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. frank is off today. the time is straight up 5:00. and a storm system that pelted much of the south and midwest with snow and strong winds is aiming for the northeast. >> the weather is already being blamed for three deaths including a man near houston who was in his public when a large tree fell on it. more than 100,000 homes and businesses lost power christmas day for at least a while across several southern states. >> my friend is out of electricity and heat so i come to get a propane exchange but then the lights went out before i could get
seems kind of nationalistic. >> it does. >> that was the specific request from china owners. >> from napa grapes to california real estate why china is suddenly buying america. >> if you worked on christmas day, you're not alone. what you might notice at restaurants and retailers that's different from just a few years ago. >> and we have numerous showers outside right now. some of them heavy at times. when will the rain finally end? we'll let you know coming up....
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. >> this is when all the -- >> scott meadows runs silenus vineyards in napa valley, and there's a good reason he put the american bald eagle on the bottle. >> it seems nationalistic. >> it does, doesn't it? >> that was a specific request for china. china is looking to bring parts of america to china. >> reporter: in 2010 this vineyard was for sale. chinese investors bought, it and now 90% of the wine from here, that's 9,000 cases, is shipped to china. >> what does a chinese company want with a vineyard in mappa valley? >> there's a big demand for luxury goods and goods that are scaries and well made. rather than buying chinese-made products and sending money over there, they're buying american-made products and sending their money back over here. >> the jobs stay here? >> the jobs stay here. >> reporter: chinese firms flush with cash have invested $16.4 billion in the u.s. in the past decade. $1.3 billion in california companies. a record $560 million in just the past year. the chinese are also boosting the golden faith housing recovery. they've bought one out of every ten homes sold i
. >> this is when all the -- >> scott meadows runs silenus vineyards in napa valley, and there's a good reason he put the american bald eagle on the bottle. >> it seems nationalistic. >> it does, doesn't it? >> that was a specific request for china. china is looking to bring parts of america to china. >> reporter: in 2010 this vineyard was for sale. chinese investors bought, it and now 90% of the wine from here, that's 9,000 cases, is shipped to china....
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showers are in and around fairfield right up to air base parkway and if we shift, we have more rain over napa reported earlier this morning and i am tracking scattered showers and i will have a timeline later of what you can expect of what and went coming up, good morning, tara. >>> we have video coming into our newsroom. this is an accident and a sig alert was issued just of a 5:15 this morning. we understand one lane is open now and at least three vehicles are involved and a lot of fuel is being die certificated. -- diverted. you can see headlights are in concord and they are moving along nicely, let's head back to the desk. >>> we are covering a three- alarm fire at a commercial building in campbell. firefighters are battling the flames and channel 2 news reporter janine de la vega is there and is setting up and will bring you live pictures as soon as we get them. >>> crews are shoring up levees as more rain approaches. a tie after it -- a day after it flooded the area and forced mandatory evacuation for several homes. they are looking to build a project that is permanent to help the area
showers are in and around fairfield right up to air base parkway and if we shift, we have more rain over napa reported earlier this morning and i am tracking scattered showers and i will have a timeline later of what you can expect of what and went coming up, good morning, tara. >>> we have video coming into our newsroom. this is an accident and a sig alert was issued just of a 5:15 this morning. we understand one lane is open now and at least three vehicles are involved and a lot of...
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maybe for sonoma are napa county. the interior valleys cover may dry. some of this could start move into and as we head into the overnight hours. saturday potential light rain in the san jose area. that should be out of our hair as we head into the afternoon. >> afternoon highs for today 514 antioch and concord. fairfield 49 degrees. your sierra forecast show temperatures are 10 degrees below normal. it will be a cold one. as of now we do not have any change restrictions--chain. as we had into the latter part of the weekend it will be a dry one. as we head into the middle of next week we ramp up the chance for showers again. it looks like a 30-50 percent chance. we will continue to monitor your forecast. >> in the traffic center it is quiet. a lot of people have the day off. there is a handful of cars at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. most of traffic coming from the east shore freeway. some top speeds up the incline and across the upper deck. >> the san mateo bridge westbound traffic moving well no problems in the east bound directions for t
maybe for sonoma are napa county. the interior valleys cover may dry. some of this could start move into and as we head into the overnight hours. saturday potential light rain in the san jose area. that should be out of our hair as we head into the afternoon. >> afternoon highs for today 514 antioch and concord. fairfield 49 degrees. your sierra forecast show temperatures are 10 degrees below normal. it will be a cold one. as of now we do not have any change restrictions--chain. as we had...
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. napa where terry mcsweeney has been reporting all morning of flooding at highway 12, Ñs reopened. >> that just in. the abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america." >> we are always on at abc7news.com. also where you can find live also where you can find live doppler 7 hd. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, killer storm. tornadoes hit the gulf coast with more than 30 twisters touching down. >> oh, wow. oh, look at that tornado. >> leaving thousands without power. and it's not over yet. >>> whiteout. 21 states under snow warnings, from texas to maine. the downfall causing highway pileups. and threatening to bring holiday travel to a halt. and get ready. a massive nor'easter is on the way. sam is here with the latest. >>> and the chilling note left by the killer in rochester, new york, who targeted the firefighters as they responded to that massive fire. the gruesome reason he set his neighborhood aflame. >>> and a million-dollar mixup.
. napa where terry mcsweeney has been reporting all morning of flooding at highway 12, Ñs reopened. >> that just in. the abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america." >> we are always on at abc7news.com. also where you can find live also where you can find live doppler 7 hd. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> good morning, america. breaking overnight, killer storm. tornadoes hit the gulf...
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napa is sitting at 38 degrees. here is your satellite radar picture. you can see that all of this blue is showing that all the snow that fell in lake tahoe. they do have a winter storm warning into 11:00 p.m. tonight. we are talking about 3 to 6 in. of new snow. it will be wanted to feed and gusty. futurecast shows that we can still see scattered showers for this morning. though showers chances will decrease throughout the day. we will start to see the cloud start to break up into route over my. the highs today will be 56 in downtown san francisco and 53 degrees for example. >> here is your seven there around the bay forecast. it will be dry toman and looking pretty nice. friday and saturday the rain will arrive. i am not expecting a huge amount rain bus sunday will clear and then monday and tuesday for new year's eve holiday will be dry and that is good news. >> the time now 7:48 a.m.. >> we are enjoying a good writer around the bay area. if you are going out driving you will find no traffic. there are no hot spot or delays. the metering lights have n
napa is sitting at 38 degrees. here is your satellite radar picture. you can see that all of this blue is showing that all the snow that fell in lake tahoe. they do have a winter storm warning into 11:00 p.m. tonight. we are talking about 3 to 6 in. of new snow. it will be wanted to feed and gusty. futurecast shows that we can still see scattered showers for this morning. though showers chances will decrease throughout the day. we will start to see the cloud start to break up into route over...
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. >>> in the north bay rain and runoff have napa river swollen, but well within its banks other parts of wine country looked more like lakes, water topped levee at sonoma creek where it borders on 70 acres of vineyards, an area where people expect flooding in, as far as grapes, it is a nuisance for the chardonnay vine but it has benefits. >> for3f-v the vineyards it recharges our water supply, we gets lots of good soil from the valley. bad news is every year it costs 10 to $15,000 to clear debris. >> crews typically repair broken levees once a year after the rainy season. >>> two people have died in avalanche-related accidents. 53-year-old member of the ski patrol was buried in the snow his team was setting explosives to intentionally trigger an a routine safety measure. monday a snowboarder died after getting caught in avalanche, he's a 49-year-old truckee man. heavy snow in the sierra causing traffic problems, i-80 packed with cars going to squaw valley yesterday. one man realized he needed chains with >> very dangerous, we saw a car sliding on the side, we were scared we decided to
. >>> in the north bay rain and runoff have napa river swollen, but well within its banks other parts of wine country looked more like lakes, water topped levee at sonoma creek where it borders on 70 acres of vineyards, an area where people expect flooding in, as far as grapes, it is a nuisance for the chardonnay vine but it has benefits. >> for3f-v the vineyards it recharges our water supply, we gets lots of good soil from the valley. bad news is every year it costs 10 to...
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napa, richmond, you're looking at pretty heavy rain coming down. wet in sausalito crossing highway 101. a good cell going through there. north beach, downtown, and in the city moderate to heavy rain. brisbane, you're all looking at moderate to heavy rain coming down. looks like we'll get pretty heavy rain this afternoon, along with gusty winds. so watch for downed trees and power lines. here's george with traffic. >> our camera in san francisco, on the james lake freeway, here is the evidence of rain you're talking about. the last time we looked at this camera, the pavement was still dry. that's no longer the case on the central freeway. the good news is the traffic is very light and is so around the bay area, not through the city. east bay, south bay peninsula, north bay freeways look great. >> where do you have the heaviest fog? i haven't seen much. >>> breakfast is served at gliy -- memorial church in san francisco and let's go to will tran joining us from glide memorial this morning, looking at all of the volunteers it takes and the hard work t
napa, richmond, you're looking at pretty heavy rain coming down. wet in sausalito crossing highway 101. a good cell going through there. north beach, downtown, and in the city moderate to heavy rain. brisbane, you're all looking at moderate to heavy rain coming down. looks like we'll get pretty heavy rain this afternoon, along with gusty winds. so watch for downed trees and power lines. here's george with traffic. >> our camera in san francisco, on the james lake freeway, here is the...